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Getting help from a co-writer will help you on how to write a song and improve your songwriting. One in particular I’ve written with is Donna Aylor we seem to be like peas and carrots, we just clicked. Donna and I have written a lot of songs together. She’s a trooper and never gives up […]

The very best songs are like short story novels. There’s no clutter it gets to the point fast and stays there. It sounds easy doesn’t it. The fact of the matter it’s challenging. It takes a lot of honing of a lyric to make it look interesting but simple Often times we tend to think […]

The main hook is usually in your chorus and sometimes in your verse’s too Hooket’s are little catchy saying’s in your chorus or verse that catch the listeners ears You always want to make your hooket’s lead to the main story and title the main hook. It can’t be to obscure it has to be […]

After your inspiration has blossomed and you have a solid idea springing forth Now it’s time to hone and polish your lyric Getting rid of buts and ands an other words you really don’t need is essential for you songwriting technique a good songwriting tip. Eliminate all words that you really don’t need so you […]

So you’ve written two verse’s and a killer chorus , now what on songwriting. What is a bridge ? It’s what it implies bridging the verse’s and chorus together. When you write a bridge it should be three to four lines saying something different then the verse or chorus. A conclusion so to speak. We’ve […]

If you write from your heart as I often do, meaning not a contrived story When you go to get it critiqued from industry heads They might want you to change some parts , they don’t do it out of spite It’s just to further your song along to compete in a tuff market But […]

People can talk to every cow comes home on whats a hit song The thing is nobody knows it’s all a gamble Even industry heads agree it’s a crap shoot timing and some luck All we can do is write from the heart get it out and pray for a hail mary somebody thinks our […]

If you’ve studied my articles on rhymes , you know it’s necessary to keep a fluent rhyming pattern going on. Meaning if you rhyming line one on the last word on your first verse to the second line on your first verse You must do the same on verse 2. A good song writing tip […]

Everyone agrees in Nashville circles meaning publishers and songplugger’s, at least what I get the drift on. Their looking for upbeat songs ,the short minute fast songs. So if your trying to pitch to above folks You should concentrate your efforts on upbeat songs, a good songwriting tip A new way to look at life […]

After playing a song for a Curb publishing Representative I thought I had the title hook in the song plenty enough times So I will have to add it one more time at the end of chorus a good song writing tip on your songwriting In commercial writing they want to drive home that hook […]